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fttapis and ?act$.
? A bill was introduced in the North Carolina
senate last week requiring railroads to
ftirnish free passes to judges and other State
officials.
A 'dispatch from Carson City, Nevada,
says that as a result of the decline in the
price of silver, nearly 100 bars of bullion
have been taken oat of the mint in that city
and*shipped to China to be sold at a higher
piferthan prevails in "this country.
? Sam. Jones, the Georgia evangelist, is at
home at Cartersville, very despondent. He
assures a Texan friend that he is now a physical
wreck and never hopes to regain perfect
health. The arduous labors of the past few
years have brought him suddenly face to
face with a physical collapse which he
dreads.
? Here is one in favor of lymph: Rev.
J. W. Rush, pastor of the Methodist Protestant
churoh at Laurel, Del., who was last
summer pronounced a hopeless consumptive,
returned to hist charge and preached with
vigor on Sunday of last week. Ho had
been treated nith Koch's lymph in Balti
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cured.
:? James Babcock, a young man of Ann
Arbor, Mich., will have to marry soon. His
uncle died in 1888 and left him a fortune of
$500,000 on condition that he married within
five years. The time is almost up, and
he has long since decided not to let the bequest
go by default and has chosen a partner.
It is said that he has probably received more
proposals than any other man or woman of
his time.
? During the three months ending December
31,1890, the receipts from the sale
of postage stampsat the New Orleans office
show a decrease as compared with the same
period last year of $84,907, or nearly 28 per
cent. This is due to the exclusion of lottery
matter from the mails. Owing to the decrease
in business at the New Orleans office, the
clerical allowance has been reduced $17,500,
which is a reduction of 18 per cent.
? At Burlington, N. J., last week, John
Boyce, a white man about twenty-one years
of age, murdered Mrs. Sarah Charles for a
package of cigarettes. Mrs. Charles was a
tobacconist, and for some reason reftised to
sell Boyce the cigarettes. He knocked her
down, choked her and kicked her until death
ensued. The fiend then fled, and when
captured, he was at home coolly sitting in a
chair with his shoes off and was as appar-t
ently as unconcerned as though nothing had
happened.
? Hon. Jerry Simpson, congressman elect
from Kansas, is in Washington, and expresses
himself freely. He is one of those who
do not think there is any chance of the Repulican
party recovering its lost ground in
Kansas. He says the Republican party is as
dead as the Whig party; that class legislation
is at the bottom of the downfall. On
the other hand, he says the Democratic party
which has existed from the foundation of
the government, will always live because it
is a conservative party and is in harmony
with the people.
?The General Court bill, recently introduced
by Senator Evarts, has passed both houses
of congress and will very probably become a
law. The bill provides for the appointment
in PAi?h nirouit of an additional U. S. circuit
judge, and creates in each circuit a circuit
court of appeals, to consist of three judges,
of whom two shall constitute a quorum.
This court shall have flual jurisdiction in
some classes of cases in which appeals are
now allowed to the United States court. It
is expected by this bill to materially reduce
the docket of the U. S. supreme court.
? Atlanta Journal: Bishop Atticus G. Haygood
is going to move to Los Angeles, California.
A year or two ago Dr. Haygood
moved to Sheffield, Alabama, to assist in
building up the female college at that place.
Later he was made a bishop, and has decided
that the interest of the church requires that he
abandon the Sheffield workand go west of
the Mississippi. The Methodist church has a
fine field in the section named, and Bishop
Haygood, being one of the youngest and
most vigorous of the bishops, will take the
work in hand and press forward the interests
of his denomination.
? Henry Myer, a wealthy German, died recently,
and in his will requested that his
ashes be scattered to the winds from the top
of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
The request was carried out last Sunday.
The ashes weighed about four pounds
and were carried up to the top of the statue
in a paper bag. When the top was reached,
a short address was delivered by the master
of ceremonies, and each of four committeemen,
holding a portion of the dust, threw it
to the winds, pronouncing in unison, according
to the instructions in the will, the
words: "Here goes the last of Puck Myers
happy days."
? At a special meeting of the committee
on the ceremonies of the World's Columbian
Exhibition, last Thursday, a grand project
from the United Confederate Veterans of the
United States was considered. The members
of the organization, through R. Lee
Francis, say that the wish of the South is
that feelings of loyalty be more firmly established
by having a great Confederate reunion
in connection with the Grand Army of
the Republic at the dedicatory exercises of
the fair. At the same time it is proposed to
erect a costly monument in honor of the six
thousand Confederate dead lying in Oakwood
cemetery, Chicago. The idea was favorably
received by the committee.
? Samuel L. Connor, a well-to-do merchant
in Huntington, Pa., has been boycotted.
Mr. Connor's wife is of Southern birth, and
he naturally looks upon Southern people
kindly. His store was full of village celebrities
a fortnight ago, and several Union veterans
fell to singing Gen. Sherman's praises,
when Connor broke the harmony with the
remark : "Gentlemen, I have heard a little
of this argument, and am free to say that I
believe you to be all wrong. The historian
of the civil war twenty years hence will not
place the laurel upon Grant or Sherman or
Sheridan, but upon the tomb of that greater
and grander hero?Gen. Robert E. Lee. He
was immeasurably the leading general on
either side." The Union veterans left in
disgust at this, and next day a boycott was
begun.
? William West, a negro murderer, was
hanged at Pittsburg, Pa., last Thursday under
peculiarly horrible circumstances. A
short time before the hour fixed for his execution,
he stabbed himself with a rusty
piece of iron, and when the sheriff went to
take the condemned man to the gallows, he
was found to be in a dying condition. He
was strapped to a board, however, and the
rope adjusted to his neck. When the trap was
sprung the rope broke and the negro made a
last desperate struggle for his life. Though
his limbs were manacled, it required the
strength of five men to keep him quiet until
a new rope could be procured. On being
strung up again, West died in eight minutes.
She negro was possessed of immense strength
and is known to have committed three murders
for the purpose of robbery. In each
case he broke the neck of his victim.
? Civil Engineer Robt. E. Peary, of the
United States navy, has been granted a leave
nf nWncp for the nurnose of leading an
expedition through the heart of Greenland to j
the Arctic ocean. The projectors of this j
new expedition hope to make more rapid j
progress through the interior of Greenland j
than did Lieutenant Lockwood on the coast,!
and that these later adventurers will reach a I
higher altitude than he did. The journey;
will be made by a small party in sledges,1
. after being landed by a whaler at the head :
of Inglefield gulf. If the conditions on the
north coast of Greenland are favorable, the :
bold explorers propose to push 011 over the j
ice to the extremest limit, possibly to the;
pole itself. The project has the approval of
Chief Engineer George \V. Melville, of the !
Greely expedition. The farthest northern i
point ever reached by an Artie explorer was j
Lockwood island, in latitude 83 deg. 24 min.,!
longitude 44 deg., 5 min., by Lieut. Jas. B.;
Lockwood, son of Gen. Lockwood, United '
States army, formerly of Maryland. Lieut.:
Lockwood was lost with the Greely expedition.
? Four Hungarians named Thomas Tom-!
astuskey, Joe Mastuskowitch, John Berno
and Basco Frinko, were rescued from the j
Jeansville coal mines, near Hazelton, Pa.,
recently, after a dreadful imprisonment of;
nearly twenty days. When rescued the;
men were in a very critical condition from
the effects of starvation, but they are gradu- j
ally improving. During their imprisonment
the only available food with which to support
life was the lard oil in their lamps, and
even this had become exhausted. The accident
by which the miners were caught
in their dreadful position was due to the
sudden breaking in of the river into the'
mine, and of twenty miners at work at the
time, only six, including those named above,
escaped. A rescuing party went to work
immediately after the accident, and though
working night and day, it was not until
Tuesday of last week that they met with
success. The rescued miners have received
liberal propositions from dime museum men
to place themselves on exhibition and tell
the story of their fearful battle with death.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1891.
x ? . ? DIRECT
TAX BILL.
Congress has again passed the Direct Tax
bill, and it is now being considered by the
president. The bill, which provides for the
refunding of all moneys collected by the
United States government under the Direct
Tax act of 1861, was passed during the administration
of Cleveland, but was killed by
the president's veto. It is not certain what
Mr Harrison's views on the subject are,
but it is thought that the bill will receive his
approval.
Under the provisions of this act about
sixteen million dollars will be drawn out of
the United States treasury to be divided
among the various Northern States, and
probably $700,000 will come to South Carolina.
Of the portion due this State, however,
about $400,000 goes to Beaufort county
for lands wrongfully seized and sold, and
the balance will go to Charleston and
Williamsburg counties and two or three of
the islands along the coast to refund illegally
collected taxes.
Should the bill become a law, in the case
of the people of Beaufort and others, for unlawful
seizure, the money due them will be
refunded direct from the secretary of the
treasury, immediately upon the approval of
claims. In all other cases the various
amounts for the respective States will be
forwarded to the different governors to be
held in trust uutil the legislatures accept
or reject their respective appropriations.
Individual claimants will then be allowed
six years in which to make their claims.
MERE-MENTION.
Senator George Hearst of California, died
at his residence in Washington last Saturday.
ur? "-..o o namrvrflt hut will lie succeeded in
office by a Republican. All of the big
type foundries of the country, thirty in number,
have entered iuto a combine. The capital
involved is reported at $(>,000,000, and it
is the purpose of the combine to buy out the
smaller founders and establish uniform prices
for type. A bill prohibiting prize fighting
was submitted to the house committee on
woman suffrage in North Dakota last week.
The majority report was in favor of the
measure, but the house adopted the minority
report on the ground that the legislature was
trying to "deprive the people of all kinds of
luxuries and amusements." Senator
Blair of New Hampshire, and author of the
Blair educational bill, has been appointed
United States minister to China. The
house judiciary committee has submitted a
report calling attention to the fact that the
constitutions of the States of Iowa, Massachusetts
and South Carolina are in violation
of the Fourteenth amendme nt to the Federal
constitution. The report recommends that
the constitution of these States be investion/1
hut. if thprp lire urovisions which
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practically amount to a denial of the right of
suffrage to certain of their citizens, the representation
of the respective States in the
house of representatives should be reduced
in accordance with the provisions of the
Fourteenth amendment. Miss Margaret
McClure, a respectable white lady of Atlanta,
Ga., had her throat cut by a burly negro
last week. Miss McClure was on her way
home about 7 o'clock in the evening and was
met by the negro within a few steps of the
front gate of the house where she lived. The
fiendish deed was committed without any
provocation. It is thought she will recover.
The negro has not yet been arrested. Senator
Wilson of Maryland, died suddenly at
Washington on Tuesday of last week.
In Memory of Rev. J. S. White.?Many
and varied comments have been passed in
praise of the excellent sermon preached by
Rev. J. H. Thornwell last Sunday in memory
of Rev. J. Spratt White, whose unfortunate
demise occurred a few week ago. Mr. Thornwell
admirably pictured this noble man's
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mates together, then through college, and
his career of usefulness afterwards. He related
many little incidents that occurred at
school and college, exhibiting Mr. White's
wonderful piety, courage, and other good
qualities which tend to make up a good
Christian man. He also spoke in admiring
terms of his great usefulness to the town of
Rock Hill and surrounding country, his success
as a business man, and his liberality.
Then speaking of the manner of Mr. White's
death, Mr. Thornwell said that that was
God'8 business; but still he believed that Mr.
White was dead before he fell into the water.
Death, no doubt, being caused by heart disease.
His theory was that if he had not
died before he fell into the water, the body
would have sank. The body did not sink
but was found floating on the surface of the
water. And dead bodies caused by drowning
will sink. Hence Mr White must have
been dead before he fell into the water. Mr.
Thornwell related a remarkable coincidence
connected with the death of Rev. White.
Thirty two years ago that great divine, Rev.
P. E. Bishop, died, and his memorial sermon
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after that Rev. William Banks died and a sermon
on that well known man was preached
by Rev. Jas. Spratt White. And now again
sixteen years later Rev. Jas. H. Thornwell
does honor to the memory of Rev. Jas. Spratt
White in an interesting, impressive sermon
which will linger for a long period in the
minds of its hearers.?Fort Mill News.
Governor Tillman.?Governor Tillman
spent a few days in Washington last week,
and while there was made the subject of a
letter to The New York Times. The letter
is as follows:
' Governor Tillman of South Carolina, has
been enjoying the privilege of occupying a
seat in the house of representatives, which is
a privilege common to the governors of
States. He is a young looking man, with
smooth face and dark, grimy complexion.
He is rather tall ami slender, and somewhat
awkward in his movements.
His hands are rough and marked with the
seal's of toil, and the brawny wrists are
not decorated with cuffs. He has a heavy
chin and a mouth every line of which denotes
firmness, the expression being set and
not broken at any time by a smile. There
is a blankness about his countenance, caused
by the absence of an eye. The socket of his
left eye is empty, lie hears oniv a sugiu
family resemblance to his brother, Representative
Tillman. The man was a stranger to
the members of the house, sis well as to the
public.
He does not appear to be old enough to be
a governor, and he does not look like the
governor of a State like South Carolina.
He seems more like a son of the hustling and
hardy West. His conversation is not fluent,
but the lack of that quality seems to come
from a contempt for talk, and not from a
lack of capability. He is evidently a man
of brains."
South Atlantic I'xivkrsitv.?The
big Presbyterian university, the establishment
of whieh was discussed during the recent
session of synod in Yorkville, is developing
into a certainty. The board of canvassers
appointed by the synods of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and South
Georgia, met in Augusta last Wednesday and
elected an executive committee with power
to act for the board. The committee consists
of Rev. Dr. Shearer of Davidson college,
chairman: Rev. Geo. Summey, Rev. Dr.
Plunkett, Rev. Dr. Curry, and Sir. S. 51. Inman.
A resolution was passed applying for a
charter, and a constitution and by-laws will
be agreed upon at once. Several cities submitted
bids for the location of the universi
ty. Among them Augusta, Asheville, Atlanta
and Spartanburg.
The statement is made that the city of
Asheville has offered $150,000 to secure the
location of the institution at that place, and
it is probable that the committee will accept
the offer. It is also said that a lady who
died recently bequeathed $150,000 to the institution.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Messrs. Beauchamp and Demaree have
organized a lodge of Good Templars in Columbia
with sixty-five charter members.
? Col. James H. Averill has resigned his
position a3 superintendent of the Port Royal
and Western Carolina railroad. His successor
is Mr. B. C. Epperson of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad.
? There is to be a re-union of Hampton's
old brigade in Augusta, Ga., on the 27th of
April (Memorial Day) and Senator Hampton
has accepted an invitation to deliver the address
of the occasion.
? Gov. Tillman went to Washington last
Wednesday, to consult with the United
States government authorities in regard to
the matter of having an officer detailed to
survey the State's phosphate beds.
? Abbeville Press and Banner: Judge McGowan
has had a hard fight with the grip in
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the general concensus of opinion is that he is
better and improving. He is weak but convalescent,
and we hope will soon be in "statu
quo" again.
? Columbia Register, Thursday : Gov. Tillman,
on the recommendation of the penitentiary
directors, has commuted to date the
sentence of Ellis Coleman, colored, who was
convicted at Edgefield court in March, 1877,
of burglary and larceny, and sentenced to
imprisonment for life.
?Lancaster Ledger: Sheriff Hunter has
levied on the road-bed, etc., of the Three C's
railroad in that county, under a tax execution
issued for non-payment of taxes. The
execution commands the sheriff to exhaust
the personal property before levying upon
the real estate. The road claims to have no
personal property, hence the levy upon the
road-bed.
? The Coosaw company is expected to open
its fight against the phosphate commission,
with suits by foreign holders of stock, in the
United States courts, to prevent the State
from interfering with its franchise. The
commission is expected to visit Florida and
study the phosphate beds there, and their
prospects of competition with ours before
taking final action.
? Judge Hudson has issued an order requiring
Mayor McMaster to show cause at the
next term of Richland court, why a writ of
prohibition should not be issued against the
city of Columbia prohibiting further proceedings
against the Columbia club on the charge
of selling liquor without license. Under
this order the club will continue to do business
as heretofore until the case is decided in
the courts.
r<ni,,n,),in fitntn 97tli Mp .Tnhri Similfirs.
a brother of W. A. Sanders, one of the most
prominent members of the Chester bar, was
in town to-day and reports that Lawyer
Sanders, who was taken out to his house in
the country some days ago to recuperate, has
suddenly lost possession of his faculties, and
is at present in an insane condition, it being
necessary to remove everything of a deadly
nature from his reach and confine him to his
room under lock and key. Mr. Sanders lost
his wife some time ago, and has been in failing
health ever since. Much regret is expressed
at his condition.
? Special to The News and Courier, Saturday:
Mrs. Sallie Dawson, wife of Joseph
Dawson, living near Peter's creek, in Pickens
couuty, killed her two children on
Thursday afternoon. She choked the baby
to death on a bed where it was lying, and
going to the spring with an axe attacked the
oldest child. A neighbor who was passing
saw the mother striking the child with the
axe and ran to its help, wresting the bloody
axe from the woman's hands. The child's
skull, however, was broken, and, although it
was living this morning, will die. The woman
is insane aud has not been of sound mind
for some time.
? The body of Belton O'Neal Townsend, a
young lawyer of Florence, was burned up
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had been seen on his piazza the afternoon
of the fire in a drunken condition, and it
was at first thought that probably the fire
was caused by accident. Subsequent developments
lead to a different conclusion. It
has been known by his acquaintances for
some time that he has been leading a miserable
life, and has been heard to speak of suicide.
His wife and children, unable to endure
him longer, had gone away during the
early part of the week. A few days before
the fire he bought a pistol, and the neighbors
say that they heard an explosion just before
the flames burst out. It is now generally
believed that he had saturated his room with
kerosene, set it on fire and then shot himself.
The jury of inquest rendered a verdict
that he came to his death by being burned
up in his house.
? Columbia Register, Tuesday: Yesterday
morning news was received in the city that
a young colored lad had been killed out on
the Garner's Ferry road, near the city, and
later information proved that the informa
tion was correct, coroner noucn was summoned
and held an inquest, and the investigation
showed that whilst a boy named Jim
Bynum was out hunting and carrying his
gun on his shoulder, another boy, a lad of
twelve years of age named Isaiah Aldrich,
ran up behind him and in a playful way
grabbed the gun, and in trying to jerk it
away from Bynum, it was accidentally discharged
and the load penetrated Aldrich's
breast, killing him almost instantly. The
verdict of the jury was that "Aldrich was
killed by the accidental discharge of a gun
in the hands of Jim Bynum."
? Mr. \V. J. Duffie, representing Davidson's
School History of South Carolina, has
informed State Superintendent of Education
Mayfield that a new edition of this splendid
work, which brings the history of the State
down to the present time, will be issued next
fall. The work is to be handsomely illustrated
and otherwise to be made more valuable.
I This history, written by Mr. James Wood
I Davidson, a native South Carolinian and one
of our ablest scholars, is the only scnooi History
of the State that has ever been put into
the hands of South Carolina youth, and
basing our opinion 011 his well-known loyalty,
fairness and familiarity with the subject,
there is no writer now living who is better
prepared to produce a book so well calculated
to meet the requirements of South Carolina's
school children.
? "Little Bill" Howard, who escaped from
Greenville jail in his wife's clothes last October,
while under sentence of death for the
murder of Ben Ross in February, 1888, has
been recaptured. After getting out of jail,
instead of leaving the State as he might
have done, he returned to the neighborhood
of his old home, and continued flinging
taunts in the face of the law by making himself
a nuisance generally. As will be remembered,
he at last went so far as to write
an open letter to The Greenville News, declaring
his innocence of the crime of which
he had been convicted. Although it is said
that public sentiment was at first 011 his side,
he finally forced matters to that point where
forbearance ceases to be a virtue, and on
Tuesday night of last week, Deputy Sheriff
Gilreath managed to take him in. The deputy,
with a posse, found Howard at the
house of his father-in-law. When the officer
came up Howard was well armed and
backed by two or three desperate associates.
There were only three men in the deputy's
posse, and it became necessary to resort to
stratagem, so the officers surrounded the
house, and continually addressing each other
in as many different tones of voice as could be
commanded, managed to create the impression
that there was a large number on the
outside. Howard was finally convinced that
resistance was useless and surrendered. He
did not discover the cheat until he had been
' disarmed and securely tied, but when he did
learn how he had been fooled, he swore until
he was hoarse.
.Senator Irby.?The following paragraph
is taken from the Washington correspondence
of The News and Courier of yesterday :
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' and lias spent a portion of to-day in looking
j over the congressional field. He lias made
i no attempt to become acquainted with his
I senatorial associates, although he was ex,
peeted to do so. He met Senator-elect Pefl'er
I of Kansas, who is a Farmers' Alliance man,
, and Kansas and South Carolina had a little
j caucus of their own. Mr. Pefl'er was more
bold than his South Carolina friend, as he
spent several hours on the floor of the senate
and for a time was quite a lion, receiving at:
tention from Democrats as well as Republicans.
lYfler announces that he will sit 011
i the Republican side, but reserve the right to
! vote as he chooses."
LOCAL AFFAIR8.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Frew Bros. A Keesler, Rock Hill, S. C.?Special
\r&lU0S?
M. 4 H. C. Straus!?Let Us Reason with Our
Customers.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson--Crockery! Crockery!!
Riddle <fe Carroll?10 Pounds for $1.
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Didn't Sell Out.
J. S. Brice, General Agent?People's Insurance
Company.
W. C. Latimer?Palace Bazar.
Mrs. C. G. Parish, Manager?The Parish Hotel.
Beard A Inman?For Boys! For Boys!! Mothers,
Listen.
John L. Miller?Pap Up !
MISSIONARY TO CHINA.
Miss Ella C. Davidson, one of the accomplished
teachers of the Yorkville Graded
schools, will go as a missionary to China.
She volunteered her services to the Presbyterian
board of foreign missions during the
meeting of synod in Yorkville last fall, and
upon examination as to health and qualifications,
has been accepted. She will be 3ent
to Hangchow, and will leave for her field of
labor about next September. Miss Davidson
is an unusuall}' bright young lady, highly
?n>l omindntlv fitted for the
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work she has chosen. On her departure
she will leave in Yorkville a host of friends,
who are loth to give her up, even for the
sake of missions.
repudiated'with scoiix.
The people of Chester have had their indignation
aroused over an attack against
Rev. Thos. H. Leitch. The attack was made
by W. R. Davie, Jr., in The Columbia State,
the article charging in effect that Rev. Mr.
Leitch was a "hired villifier of prominent
members of Chester society," and that "he
used language in the pulpit that should bring
the blush of shame to the faces of the ladips-,
who heard him."
The communication has been answered in
a strong card, signed by 115 prominent citizens,
denouncing Davie as a scurrilous slanderer
and endorsing Rev. Mr. Leitch as a
fearless and uncompromising preacher who
strikes at sin regardless of the howling of its
rJpvntpps.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
On last Thursday Mr. Felix H. Dover was
in town, and paid us a pleasant visit. Mr.
Dover reports that his railroad work in
Barnwell county is making fine progress.
Sam B. Lathan, Esq., principal of the
Hickory Grove High School, was in Yorkville
last Saturday, and was greeted by scores of
his old friends. It has been about seven
years since Mr. Lathan's last visit.
We received a pleasant call on last Thursday
afternoon from Rev. Paul V. Bomar, who
with his family stopped over for a short
visit to Rev. R. G. Patrick and family. For
several years Mr. Bomar has had charge
of the Baptist church at Camden, but has
recently accepted a call from the First Baptist
church at Versailles, Ky., and was en
route to his new home when he stopped
in Yorkville.
SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION.
Who is to succeed Mr. F. Happerfiehl as
supervisor of registration for York county?
The question has excited considerable interest
during the past week. The first intimation
that a good many people of this county
had of the fact that there were candidates
in the field for the office, was a statement in
the daily papers that "the appointment of
Mr. Gordon had been held up." Upon inquiring
into the matter, it seems that on Tuesday
of last week. Governor Tillman determined
to appoint Mr. Irwin B. Gordon of
Yorkville, to the position. Before the appointment
wus made public, however, he received
a telegram from Senator Wilson requesting
that it be deferred, and so the matter
stands at present. It develops that there
are other candidates for the office, and as
there is no special necessity for haste in
making the uppointment, it is probable that
it will be some time before the new supervisor
is named.
Besides Mr. Gordon, Mr. J. E. Leech and
Mr. W. P. Hobbs are candidates for the
office.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Rev.* K. S. Nelson, rector.
Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. Sundayschool
at 3.30 p. m.
Presbvterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D.,
pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11
o'clock a. m. and 7.30 o'clock p. m. Sundayschool
at 3 p. m.
Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor.
Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening
at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at
11 a. m. and at 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school
3.30 p. m. Union?Sunday-schcol at 2 p. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H.
Wadded, pastor. Services, conducted by
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HCV. iliomuii n, Jil'ilt'll, cui'ii muiiiiiiig ituu
evening during the week and Sunday, at 11
o'clock and 7.30 o'clock. Further announcements
on Sunday. Sunday-school at 3 p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services next
Sunday at 11.30 o'clock a. m. Yorkville?
Men's Association meeting to-morrow evening
at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday
evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30
o'clock p. m.
SALES-DAY.
Though the sales-day crowd last Monday
was not so large as that for Junuary or February,
it was unusually large for March.
Under a decretal order in the case of
Lewis II. Blair and others against John G.
Black, assignee, and others; and the case of
David Elias and others, against John G.
Black, assignee, and others, the clerk sold
the following real estate of John L. Davies,
the same being subject to homestead rights
of Mr. Davies:
1. A tract of 218A acres, more or less,
bounded by lands of McElwee, Nichols,
Smith, Love and others. Bought by C. E.
Spencer, attorney, for $5.
2. A tract of 47 acres, bounded by the
lands of McElwee, Nichols, Smith, Love
and others. Bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney,
for $1.35.
As attorney in fact, by virtue of the authority
vested in him under the mortgage
deed of Julia E. Gatteroy, J. Rufus Biatton
sold "all that lot or parcel of land in the
western suburbs of Yorkvill described as
the west half of lot No. 2(5, upon a certain
plat made by John G. Enloc for S. R.
Moore." Bought by R. A. Bratton for $56.45.
THE CHATAUQUA CIRCLE.
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The Chatauqua nicrary circle ui 1 urn.ville,
gave a pleasant entertainment at the
court house last Friday night. The occasion
was the birthday of Henry \V. Longfellow,
und the entertainment consisted of
an able lecture by I>r. W. Spencer Currell
of Davidson College.
The audience consisted of ubout 250 persons,
selected by special invitations, and the
J lecture occupied an hour and a half in its
'delivery. Dr. Currell's subject, which was
i handled in a masterly stvle, embraced the
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! life, character and writings of Longfellow.
I The speaker traced the career of the great
! poet from his youth, related interesting ani
ecdotes of his early literary efforts, and
j beautifully pictured the crowning glories of
j his later years, lie also showed that though
| Longfellow had been accused of plagiarism, j
j the charges had never been sustained. Of
J course it was admitted that in many instun-:
Ices he had borrowed ideas from others, but'
! he alone was entitled to full credit for all of
: his literary productions.
From Dr. Currell's estimate, Longfellow
could scarcely be called a poetical genius, j
He was, however, a man of unusual perseverance,
and the world was certainly on j
i worse otron account of his having lived in
jit. It was only by dint of indefatigable
I labor that he had ascended so high on the
ladder of fame, and perhaps won for hi.*,
name a place among those that are to beheld
as immortal.
After the lecture, the members of the circle,
together with a few invited guests, pnri
took of a sumptuous banquet. Rev. Dr.
English presided at the feast, and good cheer
was dispensed to the various sentiments
proposed in sparkling bumpers of clear cool
water.
The White Rose Chatauqua Circle is a
branch of the National Chatauqua Literary
and Scientific Circle, and was organized in
October, 1889. Its meetings are held on
Monday night of each week, and its membership
now numbers eighteen. The officers
of the circle are : Rev. Dr. T. R.English,
president; J. S. Brice, Esq., vice-president;
Miss Lcssie Witherspoon, recording secretary
; Miss Minnie Wilson, corresponding secretary
; and Miss Fannie Miller, treasurer.
A BAND OF BURGLARS.
The perpetrators of the mysterious burglaries
that have have been committed in and
around Yorkville during the past two
months, have at last been spotted. It develops
that the stealing has been done by a
gang of negroes who live about five miles
south of Yorkville. Fred Sanders has been
arrested as an accessory afler the fact, and
the sheriff is now after Chess and Boody
Sanders as principals.
On last Sunday morning, SheriffCrawford
and Marshal Wilson were informed of
another burglary that had been committed
during the previous night. Miss Maria
McPheeters's store, near the Three C's depot,
had been broken into again, and the thieves
had stolen two mules and a horse out of the
stables of Rev. L. A. Johnson, with which
to carry away the plunder.
It was an easy matter to trace the /ootprints
of th e horse and mules from Mr. Johnson's
stable across to the Three C's crossing
of.the Chester road, and taking up the trail
at that point, the officers followed the tracks
down the road for about fou r miles. They
at last came to a point where two of the
thieves had dismounted and cut across the
fields, and after a short distance further it
was learned that the horses had been turned
loose and allowed to stray back home.
The tracks of the dismounted thieves
were followed by the sheriff and posse to the
cabin of Fred Sanders, on W idow Crawford's
place, not a great distance from Philadelphia
church. When the officers came up,
however, there was no one in except Sanders's
wife. A search warrant was procured,
and after a thorough search of the house, a
number of fancy articles, cologne, needle
cases, writing paper, thread, soap, etc., were
found in ft trunk. Theso were identified as
having been stolen from Miss McPheeters 011
the occasion of the first robbery three or
four weeks ago. In another trunk was
found two fine new suits of clothes, a number
of laundried shirts and several hats, that
are supposed to have been stolen from the
store of 8. S. Plexico at Sharon.
In hopes of catching some of the thieves,
Officers Scoggins and "Wilson remained on
guard around the premises 011 Sunday night,
but were unsuccessful. They report that
one of the negroes put in his appearance during
the night, but on being hailed he ran
away, arid they fired alwnit a dozen shots at
him without effect.
On Monday, Mr. John Carson found the
remainder of Miss McPheeter's goods, including
a lot of blueing, sugar, soda, tinware,
soap, thread, candy, tobacco, sardines, and
dozens of other articles, stored away in a
hollow log, lying in a dense thicket a short
distance from the Sanders cabin.
Empty* oyster and sardine cans were
strewn around the thicket in promiscuous
profusion, and it seems that the negroes
have had their commissary department established
at this place for some time past.
Since the above was put in type, Sheriff
Crawford has captured Boody Sanders.
Boody was lodged in jail last night about
9 o'clock, and confessing to the burglary of
Sunday , he says that only he and his brother
Chejs are the guilty parties. The sheriff,
however, has reason to believe that
there are several other negroes connected
with the affair.
THREE C'S RECEIVERSHIP.
As was foreshadowed in a special dispatch
to The Enquirer last week, Hon D. H.
Chamberlain has been appointed receiver for
the Three C's railroad, by United States
Judges Bond and Simonton. There were
three candidates for the office as follows:
Temporary Receiver Sam'l Lord of Charlesleston
; P. P. Dickinson of New York; and
Mr. Chamberlain. The petitioners for the
appointment of Mr. Lord represented $3,700,000
worth of the first mortgage bonds of
the road; Mr. Chamberlain's backers represented
$3,000,000 worth of bonds ; and Mr.
Dickinson was backed by interests to the
amount of $500,000.
After hearing the claims of the respective
candidates, the court, on Wednesday, decided
in favor of Mr. Chamberlain, rejecting
the claims of the other candidates on the
ground that hat ing personal interest in the
road, the appointment of either of them was
not calculated to give gonerul satisfaction to
all parties concerned.
Mr. Lord submitted to the court a report
of his receipts and disbursements during the
period of his receivership from December 11,
1890, to February 21, 1891. The report
shows that the total receipts, including $4,300
borrowed money, amount to $51,677.91.
The total disbursements, including pay rolls
of employees dating prior to the appointment
of the receiver, amount to $36,686.43.
The gross earnings of the road during the
temporary receivership were $28,178.75, and
the total operating expenses amounted to
$25,223.15, making a net deficit of $2,044.40.
The report goes on to say:
The track was in very bad condition, it being
impossible to hire men to take the places
of those who had left the service of the company
because of its inability to pay them,
and those whom the company retained working
in a half-hearted manner.
Owing to the straitened linuncial condition
of the company and its poor credit among
dealers in railway supplies, the supplies actually
necessary to the current operations of
the road were at a very low ebb, making
necessary large expenditures in December
and January, in order to put the road in a
safe condition for traffic.
A full force of trackmen was employed in
January and a second material train put in
service. New tics have been purchased and
are being put into flic track where they are
most needed.
This, due to the fact that very little work
was done on the track in the fall, more than
accounts for the smull deficit resulting from
the operations of the road from December 11,
1890. to January 31, 1891.
Although the track was completed to Marion,
N. C., early in January, 1891, it has not
yet been opened for traflie, unusually heavy
rains having prevented the work on the track
which was necessary before putting on a regular
schedule.
The earnings from December 11 to 31,1S90,
were $10,369.40, us against $8,251.74 in the
same month of the previous yeur; an increase
of 25 per cent.
The earnings of January, 1891, were $12,-1
809.35, as against $8,943.05 in January, 1890,
an increase of 43 per cent.
The estimated earnings for February 1 to 21,
1891, were $10,709.08, as against $5,989.05,
indicating an increase of 78 per cent, for
the month.
The taxes due by the railroad company in
South Carolina for the past yeur, including
penalties and costs, amount toubout $13,000,
and as execution has already been issued in
Lancaster county and is threatened in York
county, provision should be made for early
payment.
The denied of $2,044.40 does not include
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arrangement will have to he made to pay.
Mr. Chamberlain's appointment includes
the receivership of the various divisions of
the roads lying in this State, North Carolina
ami Virginia, and his bond is fixed at $'2"?,()U().
In an interview with a reporter for The
News and Courier, a lew days ago. he stated
that the Three C's would he run in harmony
with the South Carolina railroad, of which
he is also receiver, as he thought such an arrangement
would be to the advantage of
hoth roads.
As to the future management of the Three
C's property, Receiver Chamberlain has. as
yet, had little to say. The News and Courier
thinks that the operation of the road will be
placed in charge of General Manager Ward
of the South Carolina railway, and that the
services of General Manager Jones, of the
Three C's, will no longer be required. We
hope, however, that arrangements may be
I made whereby Major Jones will be retained
in his present position.
TOWNSHIP BOND CASES.
The suit of P. P. Dickinson of New York,
against the the townships of York and Catawba,
was heard in the United States court
at Charleston last Thursday, Judges Bond
and Simonton presiding. The plaintiff was
represented by James F. Hart, Esq., of Yorkville,
and the defendants by Charles Richardson
Miles of Charleston. The suit was
for a judgment against the townships for the
payment of the coupons on bonds issued in
aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
railroad, and was won by the plaintiff.
The court rendered judgment against York
township for $6,762.40, and against Catawba J
township for $7,887.33.
In the case of the Massachusetts and
Southern Construction company against Cane
Creek township, Lancaster county, however,
judgment was rendered against the Construction
company. The bill was brought to enforce
the delivery of $19,000 bonds of the
township, also issued in aid of the Three C's.
The township refused to deliver the bonds on
the ground that the amount promised was in
excess of the constitutional 8 per cent, limit
affixed to the indebtedness of municipal corporations,
and the promise was, therefore,
null and void. It was shown that at the
time the tax was voted, the assessed value of
taxable property in Cane Creek township
was only $18,750, or $430.00 less than the
debt incurred.
The court's decision was that the constitution
of South Carolina declared that the debt
of municipal corporations, county divisions,
or other political divisions shall never exceed
8 per cent, of the assessed value of all
the taxable property therein. .In assessing
this percentage only such taxable property
as has heretofore been assessed for taxation I
can be taken into calculation.
The debt of the township was created by
act of assembly December 20, 1888. Eight
per ceut. of all the taxable property in a township,
which at the same time had been assessed
for taxation, was less than the amount of
the debt. Two months afterwards other taxable
property was assessed and put on the auditor's
books for taxation ; this did not cure
the constitutional objection to the act.
The act having created a debt obnoxious
in amount to the provisions of the constitu1
T> ia nnt
lion, Hie WIIOIC ut'ut is intuitu. MM la uvi.
competent for the court to declare so much
valid as comes within the constitutional provisions.
In this case an appeal has been taken and
allowed by the court. It will probably be
some time yet before the case is settled.
Hon. Ira B. Jones of Lancaster, represents,
the defendants and Messrs. Lord &
Hyde of Charleston, represents the plaintiffs.
LOCAL LACONICS.
? The snow of last Saturday, which was
not sufficient to cover the ground in Yorkville,
was reported two inches deep at
Greenville.
? Court will convene on the 30th instant,
the first Monday after the fourth Monday in
March. Judge Kershaw will preside, and
the sessions docket promises to be comparatively
light.
? Bud Hunt, a Rock Hill negro, was lodged
in jail yesterday under a twenty days' sentence
for petit larceny. He has been stealing
flour and bacon, etc., from B. N. Craig's
grocery.
? From The Blacksburg News of last week
we learn that Dr. Wm. Anderson recently
met with a painful accident. While returning
home at night from a professional visit,
his horse stumbled and fell and the doctor's
left foot was injured. It is gratifying to
know, however, that he has fully recovered.
? News was brought to Yorkville yesterday
afternoon by the messenger who came
after the doctor, that Mr. John C. Robinson,
the well known ex-policeman of this place,
had seriously wounded himself in the leg
with an axe while cutting wood about three
miles east of town.
? Public Opinion is the name of a new paper,
that according to a circular received in
this office yesterday afternoon, is to be established
in Chester soon, The paper is to
be devoted to the cause of temperance, and
is to be published every two weeks at one
dollar a year by Bob Jaggars editor and proprietor*
? Miss Jane McLure of Blaireville, was
re-committed to the asylum yesterday. She
was first adjudged a lunatic last June, but
shortly after being sent to the asylum was
brought back by her friends on account of
failing health. She has recovered her physical
health, however, and has again become
so violent that it was dangerous to keep her
in the house.
? Eli Roddey, the negro liquor seller, mentioned
by our ltock Hill correspondent as having
been captured last week, was committed
to jail on last Saturday night. When turned
over to Sheriff Crawford, he presented a
ludicrous appearance even for a negro criminal.
Although both hands were tied behind
his back, and there was a rope around his
neck, he had his hat tilted to one side and
was smoking a cigarette as complacently as
though he was figuring as end man in a
minstrel show.
? William Shoebat, who lives just on the
outskirts of town, was arrested on last Monday
by Marshal Robert Thomassou on the
charge of selling liquor without a license.
He was taken before Commissioner Pride
yesterday at Rock Hill, and bound over in
the sum of $200 for his appearance in the
United States court at Greenville next
August.
? At the instance of the York County
Medical Association, Governor Tillman has
appointed Drs. T. A. Crawford, of Rock
Hill; Jos. H. Saye, of Sharon; and E. W.
Prcssly, of Clover, as the board of medical
examiners of York county. Under the recent
act of the legislature, it will be their
duty to inquire into the general fitness of
new applicants before they will be allowed
to practice medicine in York county.
? Rev. Tlios. H. Leitch and Mr. Fred A.
Marshall are conducting a series of interesting
meetings in Trinity church. The meetings
were commenced on last Sunday morning,
ami will be continued for such time as
may be deemed desirable. Mr. Leitch preaches
two sermons each day, morning and evening,
and the present outlook is that his
labors will be attended with the same fruitful
results that were achieved during his
first visit to Yorkville. Messrs. Leitch and
Marshall are being assisted by Rev. W. B.
Clarkson of Capers's Chapel, Chester county,
and at the organ by Miss Jessie Bond of
Chester. Mr. Clarkson is the guest of I)r.
Win. Walker, and Miss Bond is the guest of
Capt. T. S. Jellerys.
Alliance Warehouse Burned.?A
Greenville special of last Monday to The
Charleston News and Courier says : The
Farmer's Alliance ware house located here,
was destroyed by fire at 11 o'clock to-night
with 144 bales of cotton, fifty tons of guano
and other things, The building was three
stories, ami had been finished and taken
charge of by the Alliance about two months
ago.
The lire was discovered in the second story
where the cotton was stored, and is thought
to have been incendiary, though it is strange,
how anyone could have gotten in to start it.
The streets of the city are in a terrible
condition and the Lee steamer stuck in the
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i liilld on ilie way 10 me mihi-, ? m,
J of the firemen were directed to saving adjoining
buildings and the spread of the
fire was retarded by a light rain.
The loss is about $10,000 and is fully cov!
ered by insurance, every bale of cotton bej
ing insured for about forty dollars. The
I building was insured for $4,000, about its
j full value. The only things saved were a
few vehicles from the cellar. Only a part of
j the walls of the building are standing. The
companies in which the insurance is placed
I are not known.
? It is suggested by a correspondent of
The State, that a fitting monument to (Jen.
I Sherman might be erected with the bricks
and stones in the lone chimneys still standing
on the line of his "march to the sea.''
It is further suggested that the monument
might be surmounted with an equestrian
statue of the old incendiary, holding in one
i hand a sword and in the other a torch.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
A Bad Character Arrested?A New Manufactory?Deadly
Work of the Unloaded
Pistol?A Tough -Mule Story?Roumlllat
Fined?Other Matters of Interest.
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Rock Hill, March 2.?Eli Roddey has
been arrested by U. 8. Marshal Thomasson.
Eli will be remembered as the desperate
scoundrel who tried to kill Mr. Thomason
two years ago while the latter was seeking
to effect his arrest. The negro fired at the
officer and made his escape. He has been i
tried, however, in his absence, and having |
been found guilty, the judge sealed his sen-1
tence.
Mr. James A. Peterkin, of Fort Motte, the |
well-know originator of the Peterkin cotton
seed, was in Rock Hill for several days of
last week and his business probably means
big things for our town. He has recently
received a patent for a harvester and binder,
and proposing to manufacture the same, informs
me that the factory will be located at
this place. He has photographs of his reaper,
and our citizens and farmers are very
much pleased with its looks.
The Baptist congregation at this place
will give an order for a splendid new organ
soon.
Mr. T. P. Roddey, who has been confined
to his bed by sickness for several days, was
in his store on Saturday greeting his many
friends.
On account of the provoking delays in
farm work, it is feared that the acreage to
I be planted is going to fall short of last year.
The roads are in sucn condition mat iennizers
can only be hauled in small quantities,
and things look gloomy generally.
The "unloaded" pistol got in some more of
its deadly work near this place last Friday.
Two negro boys living on Mr. John Ratterree's
farm, were fooling with an old pistol,
supposing it to be unloaded, when the weapon
was suddenly discharged and the ball
took effect in Alex. Bigger's?hest, just below
the right lung. The wound is a very serious
one, and will probably prove fatal.
Here is a tough mule story that may be
printed for what it is worth. While Mr.
John T. Roddey was taking a lot of mules
across Catawba river last week, one of the
animals jumped overboard and swam down
the river for seventeen miles before it landed.
It finally got out of the water safely and
was brought to town.
Mayor A. H. White is still confined to his
house with la grippe and Dr. J. B. Johnson is
acting as mayor pro tern.
W. H. Roumillat, a druggist of this place,
has been tried by the town council for the
illegal sale of whisky. He was not present
at the trial, but was convicted and sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 or go to the guard
house for thirty days. His place of business
has been closed for several days.
Jim Scott, colored, was given the choice
between paying a fine of $25 or going to the
guard house for thirty days for the same
offence.
Several of our merchants go North to
purchase their spring stocks thip week.
Twenty ear loads ot muies nave ueeu received
at this place since January.
Mrs. L. J. Dabbs, an estimable lady of
this plgce, died last Wednesday from an attack
of measles. She was aged 49 years and
1G days. hal.
LETTER FROM SHARON.
Possibilities of the Future?A Diffident Notary?A
Rare Visitor?Other Notes.
Correspondence of The YorkvlUe Enquirer.
Sharon, March 2.?The new grist mill at
this place is now in operation and proves a
great convenience.
Sharon is making rapid strides in the way
of enterprise for so young a town. Who
knQws but that she may yet grow to be a
full fledged city, with street cars, electric
lights, wholesale houses, macadamized streets,
etc. Stranger things have happened. An
aged and respected citizen of this section
helped to survey the city of Atlanta, Ga.,
when it was not a bit larger than Sharon, and
didn't have any better outlook either. Sharon
is beautifully situated on the Three C's, eight
miles west ofYorkville, in the midst of as
fine an agricultural section as is to be found
anywhere. Besides uninvestigated mineral
wealth, we are surrounded by timber laud, the
equal of which is not to be found in many
sections of the county. In point of morality
of our people, there is no section of the State
that stands higher?and in our opinion the
only requirement necessary to induce homeseekers
to locate amongst us is to inform
them of our surroundings as they actually
are. Here they will find a quiet, healthy
little community with good neighbors, good
schools, good churches, and everything that
it takes to make life worth living.
A certain notary public of this place married
a colored couple last week, and the
boys tell it on him that he was so outdone
that he forgot lo pray for tnem ai me ciuse
of the cermony. I won't tell the notary's
name for fear of making him blush.
A large grey eagle was seen hovering over
town one day last week. Its head and tail
looked perfectly white. Its body was of a
dark grey color.
In my letter of last week the word "Lacky"
should have been "Tackey." ItisaTackey
party we are going to have soon.
Mr. Milton McGill should also have been
named as one of the recently ordained deacons
of the A. R. P. church. j.
LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE.
Personal Points?Some Cotton Selling?A
Pleasant Sociable?Serious Accident?The
Factory Builders. Mean Business and Propose
to Manufacture Cotton at Hickory
Grove.
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, March 3.?Misses Bettie
and Belle Caldwell are visiting their brother,
Dr. J. M. Caldwell.
Mr. B. P. Lovelace, the efficient agent for
the Three C's railroad at this place, is visiting
relatives and friends in his former home,
Forest City, N. C.
Rev. J. H. Peoples has returned after an
absence of several days during which time
he visited his brother in North Carolina.
Taking the condition of the roads and the
depression of the market into consideration,
the amount of cotton sold at this place last
week was gratifyingly large. Mr. J. N.
McGill sold 44 bales?a larger lot than any
other single individual. The prices ranged
from 7 to 8 cents per pound.
A "sociable" was given Friday evening at
the residence of Mr. W. S. Wilkersou. Notwithstanding
the inclemency of the weather,
quite a number of young people were present,
and according to all accounts, passed an
enjoyable evening.
While Edward Pickcnpack, colored, was
driving home from town last Saturday evening,
his mule became frightened at the rattling
of some plows in the wagon, and became
unmanageable. Pickenpack, in jumping
from the wagon, fractured his leg in two
places. The injuries are of such a nature
that amputation may become necessary.
A factory is no longer a bare possibility.
It has become a strong probability. During
the past week, Messrs. J. W. Castles and
W. S. Wilkersou visited Clover, and Messrs.
J. N. McDill and S. B. Latlmn, Rock Hill,
for the purpose of examining the factories
located at those places. They reported the
result of their investigations at a meeting
lw.i.i i.iat Motnrilnv afternoon. A committee
1 oftwelve was appointed to solicit subscrip|
tions of stock and arrange all the preliminai
ry details of the enterprise. The committee
I is composed of men of enterprise and exeeu|
tive ability, and will doubtless execute their
duties in a prompt and highly commenda!
hie manner. hksskl.
LKTTKK FROM*SMYRNA.
i
i The (?ood Housewife Uneasy About Her Gar*
den?A Hrave Little Defender of the liar 11yard?Persevering
.Miners?Other Matters.
! Corn's pondi'iut of The Yorkville Kiii|Uln*r.
Smyrna. March 2.?There has been very
little to write about for the past few weeks
except the weather and the roads, and as
| everybody knew, the weather was wet and
! the roads were bad, I have not deemed it
: necessary to write on that subject. Last
i week, however, we had a peculiar variety of
weather that is worth mentioning?rain, hail,
! sleet and snow?practically in the same dose.
It looks funny, but I presume it will be good
for something.
I'p to a few weeks ago it w;is the men who
were doing all the grumbling about not beI
ing able to do any farm work. But now the
I women are chiming in. They are grumbling
about their garden work?not being able to
I plant potatoes, peas, etc. It looks worse
' and worse.
We have a plucky little girl out here. I
refer to Miss Nannie Caldwell, the 8 year
old daughter of Mr. J.M.Caldwell. One
1 day last week a large hawk attacked a full
grown chicken in the barn lot and was about
to carry it off. Little Nannie ran to the rescue,
and picking up a stone killed the hawk
and saved the chicken. It was' certainly
quite a feat for a child of her age. Under
the circumstances even most grown people
would have resorted to the silly "shoo!
shoo !" and clapping their hands to frighten
the hawk, stupidly watch it fly away with
its prey.
The iron men are still pushing their investigations
for all they are worth. A large
force of hands is now engaged in raising ore
on Mr. M. J. Wallace's land, and the ore
is claimed to be of thp finest quality. Dr.
Darwin has received the cash for some mineral
land recently sold by him, and the prospector
is still taking options, on all the
promising properties in the vicinity. The
gold men are not making much headway
just now, being interfered with by wet
weather.
Miss Allice Hope, who lives with her aunt,
near Sharon, has been spending a week
with her father, Mr. Julius A. Hope of this
place.
Miss Fannie WMtesiaes win return to ner
home at Sharon this week.
LETTER FROM CLOVER.
Sad Deaths?Rev. Mr. Klrkpatrick has Resigned
and the Church la in Search of a
New Pastor. *
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Clover, March 2.?A spirit of gloom and
sadness more or less has been hovering over
our people for some time. Death in onr
midst has taken off two precious little ones.
The little infant, about one month old, an
only child of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonald,
died on last Wednesday night and was buried
in the cemetery here on Thursday evening.
On Friday evening, February 27, little Lila,
danghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Barron, died
at the age of three years seven months and ,
seven days, and was buried in the village
cemetery on Saturday afternoon. The sympathy
of all go out to these afflicted parents
in their bereavement.
On the 19th of February, by mutual consent,
the pastoral relations between Bev. M.
R. Kirkpatrick and the Presbyterian church
at this place, were dissolved at a called meeting
of Bethel presbytery held at this place.
Last Sunday was his last day with us, and
a large congregation was out to hear his
farewell sermon. ,The services, both morn
J -
ing and evening, were solemn ana impressive.
At the conclusion of the Sunday-school
a paper was read and approved by the school,
giving expression of love and good wishes for
the superintendent and his family. Resolutions
adopted by the Ladies Aid Society were
also read at the same time. After divine service
in the morning, a paper, which had been
prepared by the session and approved by a
rising vote of the congregation, was read.
This paper is given here in ftill:
"Whereas, in the All wise Providence of God,
the time has come when we, the members of
Clover Presbyterian church, are to separate from
our pastor, Rev. M. R. Kirkpatriclc; and knowing
that the first cause of this separation is bodily
infirmities, we take this method of extending
to him our sympathy in his affliction. Ana,
further, knowing his fkithfhlness as our pastor
for the last eight years, we hereby give him the
assurance that his efforts for our good are greatly
appreciated. And we feel and hereby give to
him our written testimony that he has been the
means of doing much good to the church and
community, and many of us can say we are better
Christians at this, the end, than at the beginning
of his labors among us. Although it is a
fact according to our church law that oar relations
as pastor and people have been dissolved,
yet the ties that bind us together as neighbors,
as friends, and as Christians, has not been severed,
and we will ever remember him and his
devoted family as faithful friends and devoted
Christians. While the thoughts of separation
may cause sadness of heart, yet we know that
the Lord, the great head of the church, overrules
all things for His own glory and for the good of
Tn /-? Hli mm ?nH kn?nlnir
nil} UVUjltfi AUVftV?V?Of VW m Ml wv - . >m
would we affectionately commend these dear
ones, our pastor, his wife and their devoted
children; and may the God of love and mercy
guide them in all their ways."
Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick and family leave
this week for Wadesboro, N. C., their fixture
home.
Clover and Beereheba form a group, and
now are without a pastor. The two churches
have each appointed committees to communicate
with each other and with other
parties, looking to the end of procuring another
pastor. The committee for Beereheba
consists of Mr. L. L. Smith, Zadok; Mr. R.
M. Allison, Hickory Grove; and the committee
for Clover consists of J. R. Barron and
J. D. Gwin, both of this office. Any name L
suggested or information given, aiding us in
obtaining a pastor, by any one who may
read this, will be thankfully received and
appreciated by either of the above named
parties. J. D. o.
LETTER FROM GASTON I A.
The News In Brief?Some Important Acta of
the North Carolina Legislature?Rev. Me?
Ilwain has resigned his Charge.
Correspondence of The YorkvJlle Enquirer.
Gastonia, N. C., February 27.?We have
plenty of news up here now. The roads are
muddy, cotton is low, farmers are idle, and
fertilizers are plentiftil. But we can beat
that. The North Carolina legislature has
been in session since January 1. A great
many bills have been introduced and some
have passed. Hereafter all persons seeking
to persuade our laborers to leave the State
will have to pay a license of $500. Tlie
school tax has been raised considerably.
A great many schools and churches have
been incorporated, and the sale of liquor has
been prohibited in this vicinity. The six
per cent, interest bill has been killed and
many other important measures have bebecorae
laws.
Wonderful to say, the sale of liquor has
been prohibited in Gaston county. Cleve
land county is soon to vote on me same ?uuject,
and it may yet come to pass that the
stills along the State line which have so
annoyed you people of South Carolina, M ill
be things of the past.
Rev. Win. E. Mcllwain has resigned his
charge of the Presbyterian church here, to
the deep regret of ail our people. His
church is in a most flourishing condition,
having but recently resolved to support a
foreign missionary of its own. F. C. H.
GOULD ADVICE.
If You Canuot l)o as You Would, Just Do as
You Can.
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Gould, March 2.?"Dust in Mheat, and
daub in oats" is an old adage, and a good
many of our farmers Mere enguged in carrying
out the second portion of the injunction
last M'eek. They M'ould have finished up,
but the rains of Wednesday night put a stop
to the work. With good seasons, hoMever,
it M ill still be possible to make very good
oats from soM'ings even as late as the middle
of this month.
There has been very little preparation
for the coming crops except the plowing
out of cotton stalks.
Very little guuno has been hauled yet,
either, and unless there is an improvement
iu the roads soon there Mill be but little used
this year. But our fanners are making
more guano at home this year than usual,
and are not likely to lose much on account
of their inability to get the commercial article.
The outlook for good M'eather seems rather
gloomy just now.
The grip has abated, and it seems that it
was only those M'ho escaj>ed last year M ho
have suffered from its recent visit. it.
A Narrow Escape.?A special dispatch
to The Atlanta Constitution reports a singular
occurence at Gastonia last week. There
had been much talk of burglars in the town
and every one Mas on the ulert. It seeuis
that Mrs. W. H. Lewis, M'ife of one of the
most prominent lawyers in the State, laid
gotten up in the night for some reason. Mr.
| Lewis awoke about the time Ins wife hau
| gotten to the centre of the room, and feeling
sure that his house was infested with robbers,
he took aim at the dark object that
; was moving about the room, and as the re|
port of the pistol broke the deathlike stilli
ness of the midnight chamber, his wife's
j voice was heard screaming for her husband
j not to kill her. Fortunately the bullet missi
ed the mark and no serious damage was
j done, although both husband and wife shuddered
when they thought what the result
; might have been.
| ? It is proposed to make the military en!
campment and parade an important feature
I of the Columbia centenuial. A meeting of
j the military committee, presided over by
] Gen. R. N. Riehbourg. was held last Friday
night, and it was decided to request all the
i merchants of Columbia to close their doors
I on the day of the parade in order to give .
j the clerks an opportunity to participate.
The general committee will be asked for an
! appropriation of $1,500 for the military feati
ure alone, and the railroads will be asked
i for a still further reduction of fares to visitj
iug companies.